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Bear Grylls Biography
Bear Grylls is one of the most popular and richest Reality Star who was born on June 7, 1974 in London, United Kingdom. English adventurer who is the main character on the reality show Man vs. Wild. The show named him the youngest chief Scout by the Scout Association in 2009.
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Edward Michael Grylls OBE (born 7 June 1974), better known as Bear Grylls, is a British former SAS serviceman, survival instructor, and honorary lieutenant-colonel, and, outside his military career, an adventurer, writer, television presenter and businessman. He is widely known for his television series Man vs. Wild (2006–2011), originally titled Born Survivor: Bear Grylls for the United Kingdom release. Grylls is also involved in a number of wilderness survival television series in the UK and US. In July 2009, Grylls was appointed the youngest-ever Chief Scout of the United Kingdom and Overseas Territories at age 35, a post he has held for a second term since 2015.
After leaving school, Grylls briefly hiked in the Himalayan mountains of Sikkim and West Bengal. From 1994–1997, he served in the British Army reserves with 21 SAS as a trooper trained in unarmed combat, desert and winter warfare, survival, climbing, parachuting, and explosives. Becoming a survival instructor, he was twice posted to North Africa. His time in the SAS ended as the result of a free fall parachuting accident the year before in Kenya, when his parachute failed to open, breaking three vertebrae.
The real name of his character is Edward Michael Grylls. His older sister used to call his name “Bear” when he was just a week old. Three sons were born and Shara Grylls, who he got married in the year 2000.
| Name | Bear Grylls |
| First Name | Bear |
| Last Name | Grylls |
| Occupation | Reality Star |
| Birthday | June 7 |
| Birth Year | 1974 |
| Place of Birth | London |
| Home Town | |
| Birth Country | United Kingdom |
| Birth Sign | Gemini |
| Full/Birth Name | |
| Father | Not Available |
| Mother | Not Available |
| Siblings | Not Available |
| Spouse | Shara Grylls |
| Children(s) | Marmaduke Mickey Percy Grylls, Huckleberry Edward Jocelyne Grylls |
Ethnicity, religion & political views
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In 2000 Grylls led the team to circumnavigate the British Isles on jet skis, taking about 30 days, to raise money for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). He also rowed naked in a homemade bathtub along the Thames to raise funds for a friend who lost his legs in a climbing accident.
Bear Grylls Net Worth
Bear Grylls is one of the richest Reality Star from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Bear Grylls's net worth $25 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He was interested in skydiving, karate and sailing when he was a teenager.
In May 1998 at the age 23 years old, he achieved an aspiration of his youth by scaling the summit of Mount Everest.
Grylls was born in London, England in 1974. From a family with strong cricketing background, his grandfather Neville Ford and great-great-grandfather William Augustus Ford, were both first-class cricketers. He grew up in Donaghadee, Northern Ireland until the age of four, when his family moved to Bembridge on the Isle of Wight.
| Net Worth | $25 Million |
| Salary | Under Review |
| Source of Income | Reality Star |
| Cars | Not Available |
| House | Living in own house. |
Grylls married Shara Cannings Knight in 2000. They have three sons.
Grylls was educated at Eaton House, Ludgrove School and Eton College, where he helped start its first mountaineering club. He studied Spanish and German at the University of the West of England, Bristol and at Birkbeck College, where he graduated with a 2:2 bachelor’s degree, obtained part-time, in Hispanic studies in 2002.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
Bear Grylls height 6 ft 0 in Bear weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.
| Height | 6 ft 0 in |
| Weight | Not Known |
| Body Measurements | Under Review |
| Eye Color | Not Available |
| Hair Color | Not Available |
| Feet/Shoe Size | Not Available |
On 16 May 1998, Grylls achieved his childhood dream of climbing to the summit of Mount Everest in Nepal, 18 months after breaking three vertebrae in a parachuting accident. At 23, he was at the time among the youngest people to have achieved this feat. There is some dispute over whether he was the youngest Briton to have done so, as he was preceded by James Allen, a climber holding dual Australian and British citizenship, who reached the summit in 1995 at age 22. The record has since been surpassed by Jake Meyer and then Rob Gauntlett who summitted at age 19. To prepare for climbing at such high altitudes in the Himalayas, in 1997, Grylls became the youngest Briton to climb Ama Dablam, a peak once described by Sir Edmund Hillary as “unclimbable”.
In 2004, Grylls was awarded the honorary rank of lieutenant commander in the Royal Naval Reserve; and in 2013 he was awarded the honorary rank of lieutenant colonel in the Royal Marines Reserve.
Who is Bear Grylls Dating?
According to our records, Bear Grylls married to Shara Grylls . As of December 1, 2023, Bear Grylls’s is not dating anyone.
Relationships Record: We have no records of past relationships for Bear Grylls. You may help us to build the dating records for Bear Grylls!Grylls’ Everest climb was in aid of SSAFA Forces Help, a British-based charitable organisation set up to help former and serving members of the British Armed Forces and their families and dependents. His 2003 Arctic expedition detailed in the book Facing the Frozen Ocean was in aid of The Prince’s Trust. His 2005 attempt to para-motor over the Angel Falls was in aid of the charity Hope and Homes for Children.
Facts & Trivia
Bear Ranked on the list of most popular Reality Star. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Bear Grylls celebrates birthday on June 7 of every year.
Grylls filmed a four-part TV show in 2005, called Escape to the Legion, which followed Grylls and eleven other “recruits” as they took part in a shortened re-creation of the French Foreign Legion’s basic desert training in the Sahara. The show was first broadcast in the UK on Channel 4, and in the US on the Military Channel.
What was Bear Grylls rank in the military?
In 2004, Grylls was awarded the honorary rank of lieutenant commander in the Royal Naval Reserve. Then in 2013 he was awarded the honorary rank of lieutenant colonel in the Royal Marines Reserve, and promoted to Honorary Colonel in June 2021.
How long was Bear Grylls in the military?
And the story is still being written… BEAR GRYLLS OBE, has become known worldwide as one of the most recognized faces of survival and outdoor adventure. Trained from a young age in martial arts, Grylls went on to spend three years as a soldier in the British Special Forces, as part of 21 SAS Regiment.
Why is Bear Grylls called bear?
Fast Facts: 1. His real name is Edward Michael Grylls but his sister gave him the nickname Bear when he was a week old. 2. In the SAS, Bear was trained in parachuting, demolition, unarmed combat, jungle warfare and as a trauma medic.
Is Bear Grylls religious?
Personally, I find faith in Christianity. You might find it elsewhere. The name we give it is less important than the outpouring that comes from it.
Why did Bear Grylls retire?
In his early twenties, he gained experience getting out of extreme situations during his service in the British Army reserves. He eventually became a survival instructor and worked in North Africa, but after getting injured in a parachuting accident, he decided it was time to move on to something new.
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